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U.S. sanctions Iran arms network; inflation tops 4 percent.

Today's events

• Iran arms sanctions.

  The U.S. sanctioned thirteen people and entities in Iran, Belarus, and China — including Hong Kong — for sourcing weapons such as shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles for Iran's Revolutionary Guard, the second such action since May 8.¹Jun 10 · State
• Inflation tops 4 percent.

  Consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in May and 4.2 percent over twelve months; energy alone accounted for over sixty percent of the monthly increase.²Jun 10 · BLS
• Iranian plots abroad.

  The U.S. and 21 partner governments condemned lethal plotting by Iran's intelligence services against dissidents, journalists, and Jewish communities across Europe, North America, and Australia.³Jun 10 · State
• Oil reserve release.

  The Energy Department opened bidding to exchange up to 40 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve — the next tranche of a 172-million-barrel U.S. release within a coordinated 400-million-barrel allied action.⁴Jun 10 · DOE
• Chinese spy sites.

  Federal authorities seized 13 internet domains — sham consulting sites backed by suspected Chinese agents — that solicited sensitive information from current and former U.S. security-clearance holders.⁵Jun 10 · DOJ
• Civil-service overhaul.

  Executive Order 14410 transfers senior policy-influencing career positions into Schedule Policy/Career, removing the adverse-action procedures that make federal removals for misconduct or poor performance difficult.⁶Jun 10 · Fed. Reg.
• Japan nuclear pledge.

  At deterrence talks in Tokyo, the U.S. reaffirmed it will defend Japan with the full range of its capabilities, including nuclear, and discussed modernizing U.S. nuclear forces against increasing regional nuclear threats.⁷Jun 8–9 · State
• Foreign investment surge.

  Foreign investors spent $232.2 billion acquiring, establishing, or expanding U.S. businesses in 2025 — up 49.5 percent from 2024 — with Japan the largest source at $50.5 billion.⁸Jun 10 · BEA
• UC Davis admissions.

  The Civil Rights Division determined UC Davis's medical school discriminates by race, ranking applicants on a “Davis Scale” of socioeconomic proxies to circumvent the Supreme Court's 2023 affirmative-action ban.⁹Jun 10 · DOJ

Allied Governments

• Iran nuclear file.

  France, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. introduced a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency board on Iran's safeguards noncompliance, citing nearly a year of refused access to four uranium-enrichment facilities and their stockpiles.^aJun 10 · UK FCDO
• Hormuz naval mission.

  At London consultations, the UK and Australia backed the UK- and France-led multinational mission for the Strait of Hormuz — Australia offering E-7A surveillance aircraft — and said the strait must be permanently reopened.^bJun 10 · UK MoD
• UK military AI.

  Prime Minister Starmer launched the Rapid AI Delivery taskforce to field artificial-intelligence tools to British forces faster, from battlefield decision-making to uncrewed systems.^cJun 10 · UK MoD

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